Li Shimin discussed matters with the four heavenly kings, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Gao Shilian, in the East Palace.
Also participating in the discussion were Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Zhou Shaofan and Ma Zhou.
"Feng Deyi is dying," Li Shimin sighed. After the New Year, his right servant She Feng Deyi suddenly suffered a stroke in Shangshu Province. The emperor sent someone to carry him home in an imperial chariot. He could not afford to fall ill and became more and more serious.
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His condition was serious, he was paralyzed, he could not move his hands or speak, and the doctors were helpless.
Li Shimin quite admired Feng Deyi and even thought that he was loyal to him. He didn't know that although Feng Deyi had served as Sima of Tiance Prefecture and was loyal to Li Shimin, he secretly supported Prince Jiancheng.
It’s just that he had been doing it very secretly, and Li Shimin never knew about it. After becoming the right servant, Feng Deyi even attracted Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian, and made Xiao Yu the left servant. He often made Xiao Yu unable to stand in front of the emperor.
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It's a pity that this cunning and fox-like guy suddenly suffered a stroke and fell to the ground. He was only sixty years old at this time.
Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling and Attendant Gao Shilian also felt it was a pity that they had not been prime ministers for a long time and had dealt with the left and right servants. They both preferred Feng Deyi, thinking that he was capable and able to negotiate, and was better than Xiao Yu.
Get along and cooperate.
"I have already sent people to Jingzhou to ask for elixirs from Wu Huaiyu, but I don't know if they will come in time."
Before he finished speaking, the servant outside came to report.
The right servant shot Feng Deyi's son Feng Yandao to report his father's death to Shangshu Province.
Feng Yandao is eleven years old this year, Feng Deyi's eldest son. A few years ago, Li Yuan promised his newborn twelfth daughter to Feng Deyi's son, and they married the prime minister.
Li Shimin sighed, "Let's chase back the envoy who went to Jingzhou to ask for the elixir."
"I stayed away from the court for three days to be granted the title of prime minister, and I was given a posthumous gift of Sikong and a posthumous title of Ming. I specifically decreed that I would not be demoted and I would be granted the title of sealing the title of Duke of Mi."
"Give Yu Bao, Ban Jian, twenty advocates, and Yu Lin's one hundred and twenty people to escort him to the burial."
The right servant shot Feng Deyi to death, and now the Shangshu Province is without a leader.
Previously, the left servant shot Xiao Yu and the right servant shot Feng Deyi. Later, he and the attendant Chen Shuda quarreled in front of the palace, and even rolled up his sleeves to fight. Li Shimin was so angry that he overturned the imperial court and threw away his sleeves. Later, he simply dismissed Xiao Yu.
Mutually.
Xiao Yu was at home, angry and seriously ill. After hearing this, Li Shimin felt a little sorry. Looking back, he thought that Xiao Yu had actually contributed to the Tang Dynasty's planning and had worked hard, so he issued an order to confer the title of Prince's Young Master, and later gave his eldest daughter the title of Young Master.
Princess Xiangcheng was betrothed to Xiao Yu's eldest son Xiao Rui, and they married a son and a daughter.
However, Xiao Yu still retreated to the second line and was not granted any more actual positions.
But now that Feng Deyi is dead, the Shangshu Province cannot remain empty.
"Xuanling, Ruhui, you two are here to take over the Shangshu Province, and you will be appointed as the left and right servants."
Fang Xuanling declined, saying that Zuopushe was the head of the officials and a highly respected person was needed to hold this position. I had never served in the Shangshu Province and had little qualifications and no such prestige. He recommended Zuopushe to Xiao Yu.
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Du Ruhui also said that he was only the Minister of the Ministry of War and was not qualified to serve as a right servant.
Neither of these two emperor's confidants wanted to sit in that prominent position right away.
In fact, Li Shimin was not willing to let Xiao Yu serve as prime minister again. The old man was sometimes too stubborn. He quarreled with ministers in the palace more than once, almost had a fight with Chen Shuda, and often had tit-for-tat confrontations with Feng Deyi, his right servant, and even officials from Shangshu Province.
Most of them are at odds with him.
Even the relationship with Gao Shilian, the minister of Zhongshu Lingfang Xuanling, was not harmonious.
Although he is indeed loyal, he cannot coordinate well with his colleagues and subordinates, so how can he be the leader of officials?
"Xiao Yu is a strict and upright person, but he is unwilling to tolerate shortcomings and is not good at getting along with his colleagues and subordinates." Li Shimin sighed a few times, and finally thought about it for a long time, and decided to appoint Xiao Yu as Zuopushe again.
"Then, right servant, who do you recommend for this position?"
If we really want to say who is suitable, it must be the prime ministers of the Wude Dynasty who are more suitable and have rich experience. However, precisely because they are the prime ministers of Wude, they are not suitable.
Yang Gongren, Chen Shudayu, scribes and Pei Ju were not within the emperor's consideration.
Li Shimin originally wanted Fang Du to take over Shangshu Province.
Gao Shi was asked to be honest, but he also declined.
Xiao Yufu asked Zuopushe, but Gao was unwilling to partner with him.
Du Ruhui said that Changsun Wuji had great merit and could be shot by his right servant.
The emperor scanned through several confidants, and finally looked at his uncle, Changsun Wuji, who was a little eager to try. Changsun Wuji was young and powerful, had outstanding abilities, was more loyal and reliable, and he obviously wanted to sit in this position.
"The position of Youpushe cannot be left vacant, and we need to find someone who can match Xiao Yu. It is best to be younger and take more responsibility for the affairs of the Shangshu Province.
Wuji, you come to be the minister's right servant."
"Your Majesty, I am not qualified enough."
Changsun Wuji was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Although he was the head of the six departments, he was not a prime minister before. Suddenly he became the right servant, which was a bit swift.
"Don't think of this as a reward. This is a responsibility. It's not easy to be the right servant of Shangshu. He is in charge of administration. The world is as big as soldiers, horses, money and food, as small as the appointment and dismissal of state and county officials. These are all responsibilities. This position requires a young and strong person.
In order to be able to do well, Feng Deyi died in the Shangshu Provincial Government House. He was only sixty years old, but died of heart failure.
Xiao Yu is getting older, and it is difficult for most people to partner with him. If you are younger, you can shoulder more responsibilities, be more respectful and courteous to him, and work together to lead the Shangshu Province well."
The emperor asked him not to have any worries and to show off the same energy they had back then.
Changsun Wuji suddenly became excited and stepped forward to accept the order, patting his chest to express that he would live up to the emperor's expectations.
There is a vacancy in the Ministry of Official Affairs.
The emperor thought for a while and said, "If Hui uses this as the Minister of the Ministry of Officers and Military Affairs, he will review the affairs of the Imperial Palace, and as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he will still be in charge of the military and horse affairs of the East Palace."
"Your Majesty, I am too incapable of taking on so many important positions."
But the emperor still asked him to work harder. Before there was a suitable candidate, he would rather let his confidants take care of him first than grant it to others easily.
"Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Punishment, needs to be adjusted and arranged," the emperor said.
The Minister of Punishment had previously transferred Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, back to Beijing to take up the post, and then transferred Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, back to the court to serve as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. However, Li Daozong was soon appointed as the governor of Liangzhou again, and Liu Zhenghui, a hero of Emperor Yuanmou, was replaced temporarily.
Fang Xuanling recommended Doulu Kuan, the general of Zuowei, who was previously the eunuch of the palace, then the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and then the general of Zuowei.
Hou Junji recommended Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang's heartbeat accelerated, and he couldn't hide the anticipation in his eyes.
But the emperor just glanced at them.
"I plan to transfer Li Jing, the governor of Anzhou, to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and as the crown prince's left guard. What do you think?"
Zhang Liang felt disappointed.
Fang Du didn't immediately support it, but he didn't object either.
Changsun Wuji expressed his support.
"I have no objection either," said the attendant Gao Shilian.
Therefore, the emperor decided to make Li Jing the Minister of Punishment and the Crown Prince Zuowei.
"Please recommend the candidate for the governor of Lizhou."
The governor of Lizhou was originally Li Xiaochang, and then Luo Shou, Luo Yi's younger brother. These two governors were both from Jiancheng. Now that Luo Shou has been captured and brought to Beijing, Lizhou must be cleaned up.
"I recommend Shaozhou Governor Shishi Yi. He was originally the Zuocheng of Yizhou Xingtai. He has served in Shu for several years and has a good understanding of Shu. Moreover, this person is relatively capable and has always had good political achievements."
The person who recommended him was Right Guard General Zhang Liang.
Warrior Yi is the brother of Warrior Xun. In his early years, he assisted Yuan Ji to stay in Taiyuan and was captured by Liu Wuzhou. However, after being captured, he was able to spy on Liu Wuzhou's information and then secretly passed it on to Chang'an to help the Tang Dynasty regain Taiyuan. Later, he went to Yizhou to
I worked in the office and performed really well.
The Wu family used to be the confidant of the Supreme Emperor Yuan Cong, but now the warrior Yu has been recognized by the new emperor, especially Wu Huaiyu, the younger generation of the Wu family, and the Wu Huaiyi brothers are deeply appreciated by the emperor. Wu Huaiyu just put down Luo Yi's rebellion.
Li Shimin felt that it was more appropriate to transfer Wu Huaiyu to be the governor of Lizhou. After all, he had just put down Luo Yi's rebellion, and now he was cleaning up Lizhou, which Luo Shou had overseen.
However, this thought was only for a moment. Wu Huaiyu still had important tasks to go to Yanzhou.
"What do you think of Xuanling being like Hui Wuji?"
"Samurai Yi is indeed talented in governance."
Several people supported it.
"Okay, then we will transfer the Shaozhou governor and Xuancheng County public warrior Yi to be the governor of Lizhou."
The emperor's eyes swept over Zhang Liang's face, and in the end he did not forget to comfort his confidant.
"Enter Zhang Liang, the right-guard general of Changping County, Yin Qingguanglu, the doctor, and the governor of Anzhou Governor's Office."
"Xuanling, Zhongshu Sheng will prepare an edict as soon as possible."
The emperor confessed that the process of issuing the edict of worshiping the prime minister should be completed as soon as possible.
Worship three aspects in one day.
Xiao Yufu worshiped Zuo Pushe, Changsun Wuji worshiped right Pushe, and Du Ruhui inspected the school and served in the middle.
After this adjustment.
Now in the center, the servant on the left shoots Xiao Yu, and the servant on the right shoots Changsun Wuji.
Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling, Zhongshu Liang Gao Shilian, and Zhongshu Zhongzhong Du Ruhui.
There are only five prime ministers left.
Du Ruhui also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War. Pei Ju was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wen Daya was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Li Jing was appointed the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was transferred to the Zuowei General Lu Kuan.
Du Yan, the imperial censor, Yu Wenshiji, the palace supervisor, Zhang Anan, the chamberlain supervisor, and Chen Shuda, the secretary supervisor.
Wei Zheng, the left prime minister of the Shangshu, Dai Zhou, the right prime minister of the Shangshu, and Sun Fuga, the minister of Dali Temple.
Ma Zhou, the emperor's confidant, was given the important position of Shizhong in the Menxia Province. He was assigned the fifth-grade position and was responsible for the daily affairs of the Menxia Province. He was specifically responsible for reviewing memorials for sealing and refuting imperial edicts. If he had any objections, he could directly revise and refute the imperial edicts.
Ma Zhou moved from the emperor's staff to the front desk of the central government.
A series of edicts were issued.
Just after Feng Deyi was buried, the secretary supervisor Chen Shuda's mother passed away, so he sent a letter to Ding You. The emperor agreed, and the secretary supervisor was vacant. The emperor finally appointed Shangshu Zuo Cheng and Wei Zheng to guard the secretary supervisor.
Wei Ting took over as Minister Zuocheng, Wang Gui became the Minister of Huangmen, and Wen Dalin became the Minister of Zhongshu again.
When Wu Huaiyu received this news, he had already led his troops out of Xiaoguan along the Jing River, arrived in Lingzhou, and moved into the Yanzhou Yamen where the overseas Chinese had settled in Lingzhou City.
Wu Huaiyu was very happy when he heard that the third uncle of the clan, Samurai Yi, was promoted to the governor of Lizhou. He was promoted from Xiazhou to the middle governor, from the fourth rank to the lower rank, to the third rank, and to three consecutive official positions.
The second governor from the Wu family.
Nowadays, the warrior Xun is the governor of Liangzhou, the warrior is the governor of Yili Prefecture, Wu Huaiyu is the governor of Yanzhou, there is also a warrior Leng who is the minister of agriculture, Wu Huaiyi is the Sima of the Guazhou governor's office, and the warrior Ke Shenjifang is the official.
The family is getting more and more prosperous.
Along with the news came thirty pieces of gold specially given to Wu Huaiyu by the emperor, as well as an oracle.
Zhang Anan's adopted son Zhang Fuguo stood in the hall and said in the tone of Emperor Li Shimin, "I heard that when you confiscated the property of Luo Yi and other rebellious people, you withheld some privately and hid some beauties secretly.
But I heard that you have used all this money as official money for the Shuofang Bureau, so I won’t pursue it this time. As for those beauties, you can pick four to keep, and half of the rest will be sent to Beijing and half will be recruited into the Bureau...
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Sure enough, nothing could escape the emperor's eyes, and everything was under his control.
